Building Private Cloud Infrastructure Matthias Wessendorf Consulting Systems Engineer 20.11.2014
Cloud == FOG?? 3
The Path to Data Center Transformation Application- Based Silos Zones of Virtualization Private Cloud Public Cloud Apps Servers Network Hybrid Storage IT Production Business Production Cloud Agile IT Higher service levels for business apps Scale infrastructure and operations cost effectively 4 4
The Path to Data Center Transformation Application- Based Silos Zones of Virtualization Private Cloud Public Cloud Apps Servers Network Storage Private Cloud Hybrid Agile Data Infrastructure IT Production Business Production Cloud Private Cloud: Simplify IT operations through services that pool, abstract, and automate data center infrastructure Agile Data Infrastructure: An intelligent, scalable, always-on enterprise-wide data infrastructure; supports apps along the transformation 5 5
Cloud A New Architecture Old World Physical New World Virtual Dedicated, Vertical Stacks Dynamic Pools Of Compute & Storage 6
Three Paths To Private Cloud EMC VSPEX VCE VBLOCK FlexPod Best of Breed Infrastructure Components Proven Infrastructure Converged Infrastructure 7
Cloud Infrastructure Requirements New World Virtual Low-Cost Operations Infrastructure-As-A-Service Self-Service Consumption Model Dynamic Pools Of Compute & Storage Elastic Resource Allocation Shared Pools Of Resources 8
Build Your Own Using Best Of Breed Components 9
Challenges With Build Your Own Takes time Resources High Risk DESIGN & PLAN SIZING BUILD & TEST STABILIZE & OPTIMIZE DEPLOY Time 10
Three Paths To Private Cloud EMC VSPEX VCE VBLOCK FlexPod Best of Breed Infrastructure Components Proven Infrastructure Converged Infrastructure 11
Cisco Infrastructure for Private Cloud 12
Cisco UCS for Private Cloud Application Hypervisor UCS Server Network Storage Backup Consolidation Intelligence Automation Operational Simplicity & Efficiency Unified, Embedded, Integrated, Programmable, Lower OpEx Agility Rapid response to business needs Flexibility Form factor freedom, 3 rd party tools, Physical & Virtual Workloads Improved Quality and Reliability Fewer outages, Improved customer Satisfaction Fast Path to the Cloud Scalable, Efficient use of CapEx, Low training requirements 13
Hardware State Abstraction LAN Connectivity OS & Application SAN Connectivity LAN SAN State abstracted from hardware MAC Address NIC Firmware NIC Settings Drive Controller F/W Drive Firmware UUID BIOS Firmware BIOS Settings Boot Order BMC Firmware WWN Address HBA Firmware HBA Settings UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC WWN: 5080020000075740 Boot Order: SAN, LAN Chassis-1/Blade-2 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC WWN: 5080020000075740 Boot Order: SAN, LAN Chassis-8/Blade-5 Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings from server hardware Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components Easy to move OS & applications across server hardware 14
Cisco Nexus for Private Cloud Application Hypervisor UCS Server Network Storage Backup Consolidation Scale Intelligence Consolidated Infrastructure Simplified Management Reduced Cost Investment Protection Evolves With Business Geographic Span Integrated Application Delivery Seamless VM Networking VM-Aware Security 15
Data Center Automation and IT Collaboration Common Policy Framework and Operational Model POLICY-BASED AUTOMATION STORAGE SECURITY Application Requirements Application Policy COMPUTE NETWORK Defined set of Application requirements APPLICATION CLOUD Team builds application policy and template Operations team deploys with minimal risk and maximum speed 16
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Network Automation F/W ADC WEB APIC ADC APP DB Physical Networking Hypervisors and Virtual Networking L4 L7 Services Multi DC WAN and Cloud Storage Compute 17
Common Network Physical, Virtual, Cloud Flexibility, Performance, and Visibility Systems Approach for delivery of Resiliency Security Mobility Performance Hypervisor- agnostic Consistent Policy Converged Real-time End-To-End visibility of the application ANY APPLICATION ANY CLOUD ANY HYPERVISOR INFRASTRUCTURE 18
Putting it together UCS Director Application Catalog Application Profile Compute Network Storage F/W L/B WEB L/B APP DB Controllers UCS Manager vcenter/scvmm APIC Resource Needs: Quantity Capacity Quality Web Appl. DB Compute 2 VMs, High IO 8 VMs, 10 GB 2 Bare-Metal 500 GB Web Appl. DB Network Stateful FW & LB L4-L7 services Stateless FW Connection to Application Web Appl. DB Storage Cache locally Primary Storage IOPS Mirrored 2 High IOPS Data Mirroring WEB APP DB Storage Storage Web Tier App Tier DB Tier Application Instantiation VM + Bare-Metal Network with L4-7 Services Storage 19
Moving towards Hybrid Clouds 20
Hybrid DC Strategy DC/Private Cloud InterCloud Cisco Powered Cloud FlexPod VSPEX Public Clouds Seamless Integration 21
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